US tests nuclear-capable missile with the range to strike North Korea

The US has test-fired a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile from a site in California, the second such launch in a week, amid rising tensions with North Korea.The unarmed Minuteman 3 missile has a range of around 8,000 miles, putting it within striking distance of Pyongyang.It blasted off just after midnight from Vandenberg Air Force Base, 150 miles northwest of Los Angeles, and delivered a single projectile to a target approximately 4,200 miles away at Kwajalein Atoll in the Paci